CVE-2022-29536
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
8.0
Description
In GNOME Epiphany before 41.4 and 42.x before 42.2, an HTML document can trigger a client buffer overflow (in ephy_string_shorten in the UI process) via a long page title. The issue occurs because the number of bytes for a UTF-8 ellipsis character is not properly considered.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-29536
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 42.2-1 | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 42.2-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.38.2-1+deb11u3 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 42.2-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 42.2-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 42.2-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.